The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-26
NEW YORK ON WHEELS.
Remarkable Equipnses that May be Seen
Up Town-AIr. Vanderbllt's BugEy.
From the sdrdnnah Ne,os

New York Is brilliant when on wheels.
The care that is lav!shed on, the stables OF
ssTa
linod with harness shops and the salesroQms
eminence 30 quickly in society as the ono who
shines through tho perfection OF his stable;
ON he drtS the Frs sse
where else, She Is not c9ntent to Toll In VIC
toria. like her sister IN Paris. or sissprimiy In
Nothing faxes her, and occasionally she is what
tho vulgar call "a sight"
Fer iastaneeb ySsiesdayh saw big cart
Old. time circus band wagon. It was 9 magniti-
and heavy. the body bottle green and the seats
higher than tho top OF the average closed chr
rage Taore was m ma team OF bHys
satin. They. were about seventeen hands
high. perfectly p,ntched, and they pounded
ai po diver The Biz stee Il chains
that ran from their collars to tho pole Of
the cart changed and ratified as they rushed
and thy hs sSoss
their heads and holding the big white rib
ho1s in 1 1H py h ss. s Sill IF pssh as
fragile waist. She held her hands, we'll .up,
with the whip hanging crosswse. and her feet
md placid young woman Of about the same
age, who lollod back gracefully under orim-
con pnrasol, and who seemed to regard her
driver with the most serone confidence. On
his hands ciasped on III bis Knees and lis eyes
900 carriages whirling, along the Park, and the
girl on the box seat missed about 1900 OF them
BY nothing less than miracle. She was able
rein or the other. but ali the rest had to DO left
to their training. 1t was evident that they
scarcely knew she was at the other end OF the
The struggle to get something out of the or
binary was instanced n moment later by the
fPown ns MasGs Snd tho
OF Baccarat." He had a small two-whceed
SAT- and nss ID I0Sa s"s
white spot on hor. Every part OF the cart was
pure white. II may have been ash. polished
was almost the color OF driven snow. Even
the spokes OF the wheels were OF virgin white.
but the grain Of the wood could be seen easily in
them. The leather cushions and trappings
were white. and there was a, pretttly embroid-
cred white robe over the shaky knee Of the
gay s H tte Vehicle Si WI The black mare WORE huge
white canvas eoar white relhls and white
OF the Park during the day. To-morrow nobody
TO some other sch n me 20 sttract attention.
toIlshed at the possibilities OF the, primeyal
tho entrance to the Park. TWAS. the buggy,
quisito workmanship that II showed tho great
advance, that the carriage makers had made
In recent years. Tho wheels were almost like
fragile as jewel case. 1t was swung
on sidsbar, sprlngs, Of course, and the
wide aDnrJ. They were not trotting horses.
but high bred light weight English carriage
horses. trained to move at u sharp c0nter and
In perfect unison. They were not checked, but
they held their heads ike the familiar pictures
OF the Arab steeds and their hre and dash
SI worth g0inG long distance to SEE dse
ing the reins carelessly, was q man with a
clsar-cut profile, blue eyes, and little square
zach ear. He is worth about 5000. 100000, but
he drives a buggy Just as his father and grand
father die before him. 1t was Cornelius YAM